OrigamiUSA

05/13/2026

Join us at the American Museum of Natural History this Sunday for Special Folding Fun Sessions!

📅 Sunday, May 17
📍American Museum of Natural History

Classes this Sunday:
- Family Fun: Favorite Models
- Traditional Models
- Horse by Jason Schneider
- Origami Beyond Disability: As an art therapist, Toshiko has developed her own unique philosophy of using origami in therapeutic settings.

05/08/2026

DRAGONS! 🔥🔥🔥🐉🐉🐉

🔥 Ancient Dragon - Folded by Daniel Shiryaev, Age 15 from NY, USA. Design by Satoshi Kamiya.

🔥 Wyvern - Folded by Hechen Xiao, Age 11 from China. Design by Chuya Miyamoto.

🔥 Fiery Dragon - Folded by Caleb Yeh, Age 10 from CA, USA. Design by Kade Chan.

🔥 Gomora - Folded by Jihoon Kim, Age 11 from MI, USA. Design by Yudai Imai.

🔥 Darkness Dragon - Folded by Sandra Chousand, Age 16 from TX, USA. Design by Tadashi Mori.

🔥 Smart Dragon - Folded by Jason Fang, Age 10 from NC, USA. Design by Koji Ouchi.

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Congratulations to the amazing young folders featured in Origami by Children 2026!

Started in 1978, Origami By Children provides an inspiration for children of all ages to explore their own creative potential as well as to enjoy the creativity of other children from around the world. This year's OBC features young folders from 7 countries and 16 US states!

🌍🌎🌏

05/04/2026

04/30/2026

Join us for the final Origami Connect of the season on Saturday with
Yuki Martin!

📆 Saturday, May 2

🌸 Trillium with Yuki Martin

🤩 Origami Connect is OrigamiUSA’s program of online classes, open to anyone anywhere in the world, whether or not you are a member of OrigamiUSA. All you need is a computer, tablet, or smartphone.

Inspired by the distinctive three-petaled trillium flower common in Pacific Northwest woodlands, Yuki created an elegant origami representation of this plant.

Participants will fold the flower and leaves from equilateral triangles and the stamen from a 1:4 rectangle, with all components beginning from 6-inch (15 cm) squares.

A BIG thank you to Kathleen Sheridan, all of our teachers and the whole Origami Connect team for a fabulous season!

04/24/2026

Origami Connect with Sy Chen

📅 Saturday, April 25

🔻🔻 Tri-hexaflexagon 🔻🔻

Inspired by a classic flexagon workshop at the Moves conference hosted by the National Museum of Mathematics (MoMATH) in 2025, Sy will teach a tri-hexaflexagon and share a pattern variation not included in the published diagram.

He will also demonstrate his hexa-hexaflexagon (six faces) and briefly discuss his new book, Einstein Origami: Paper Puzzles & Games.

‼️ No prior flexagon experience required.

04/21/2026

Thank you for joining us at Origami University over the past month!

A BIG THANK YOU to all our teachers, presenters and attendees who took part and graduated from Origami University. And to our incredible Junior Board who organized such an amazing and unique event!

The final instalment of Origami University was all about STEM applications of origami with an incredible array of expert presenters and panellists. The day concluded with a hands-on design sprint, where participants collaborated to come up with innovative applications of origami in STEM fields.

❓Who is OrigamiUSA’s Junior Board? In 2025, we formed a Junior Board to engage and empower younger members of the paperfolding community by allowing them to take an active role in the organization. Junior Board members are 13-21.

04/17/2026

Released just 7 days ago in Japan & now ready to ship to you with just a few clicks...

📕Works of Satoshi Kamiya 4 is here! Enjoy 15 fabulous, super-complex models. Crease patterns and suggested paper sizes are provided, along with detailed diagrams featuring Japanese and English text on most steps.

Diagrams for Giraffe, Fiddler Crab, Turtle, Jackalope, Sheep, Deer, White Cloud Mountain Minnow, Opah, Paraceratherium, Protoceratops, Weasel, Actias Aliena, African Penguin, Pheasant, and Vespid.

Feeling more like a new paper? Miss the old 6” Tant paper? Two new papers are now in stock!

👉Birei 20 Colors Assorted 6”: This pack features 100 sheets of 20 vibrant colors of premium-quality paper, slightly thicker than standard kami, with consistent color on both sides. ‘Birei,’ meaning ‘beautiful’ in Japanese, reflects its elegant finish. Similar to Tant paper.
Sheets measure 5 7/8” x 5 7/8”

👉Birei 100 Colors Assorted 6”: This pack features 100 sheets of 100 vibrant colors of premium-quality paper, slightly thicker than standard kami, with consistent color on both sides. ‘Birei,’ meaning ‘beautiful’ in Japanese, reflects its elegant finish. Similar to Tant paper.
Sheets measure 5 7/8” x 5 7/8”

Check it out & order on The Origami Source!

🙌 OrigamiUSA members get an automatic 10% discount on all your purchases.

❓The Origami Source is your one-stop online shop for the latest books, downloads, a huge selection of papers and other essential origami supplies.

04/15/2026

Honoring the life of origami luminary Toshikazu Kawasaki (1955-2026)

Last month at the news of Toshikazu Kawasaki's passing, we put out a call through our member email list for photographs of Kawasaki roses.

We had an amazing response - thank you to everyone who sent us images of roses and your other favorite Kawasaki-san models. Some of these images are now published online in The Fold and more will be featured in a tribute in our membership magazine, The Paper.

The most well-known Kawasaki rose is based on a square grid that runs parallel to the edges of the paper, and you will see many examples here. There is also a Rose with a finer grid at a 22½-degree angle to the edge and a Rose Bud with a color-change calyx. And finally, there is the 1-Minute Rose, which Kawasaki (and few others) could actually fold in a minute. Kawasaki also made tessellations based on some of these roses.

You can read more about Toshikazu Kawasaki online in The Fold (link in comment below). We'll also have an article celebrating the life of Kawasaki-san in the upcoming issue of our membership magazine, The Paper (Issue 150).

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- Folded and photographed by Janet Hamilton.
- Toshikazu Kawasaki at a PCOC meeting. Photo by Patsy Wang-Iverson.
- The Rose Bud with color-change calyx and the Rose with 22½-degree skewed grid. The calyx for the latter was designed by Tomoko Fuse. Folded and photographed by Jane Rosemarin.
- An array of roses folded by Toshikazu Kawasaki and photographed by Wendy Zeichner.
- Photographed and folded by Aviva Meyer.
- Various roses folded and photographed by Luciana Souto Farias.
- Folded and photographed by Scott Gold.

04/12/2026

Learned lots at Origami University and don't want the online origami classes to end? ... Join us next Sunday for Origami Connect with Joel Stern 🤩

Full Origami Connect Schedule:

📆 Sunday April 19, Origami & Pop-Up Design with Joel Stern

📆 Saturday April 25, Tri-hexaflexagon with Sy Chen

📆 Saturday May 2, Trillium with Yuki Martin

🔗 Check out our website for the full schedule of classes!

❓ Origami Connect is OrigamiUSA’s program of online classes, open to anyone anywhere in the world, whether or not you are a member of OrigamiUSA. All you need is a computer, tablet, or smartphone.

04/07/2026

Join us for the final day of Origami University this Saturday! This Saturday is all about STEM & origami.

📆 April 11

👩‍🏫 Classes and teacher line-up:
🌟 Computational Origami - Erik Demaine
🌟 Bloom Patterns and the Application of Origami to STEM (lecture) - Kelvin Wang + Larry Howell
🌟 Exploring Math with Origami (lecture + fold exercise) - Marc Kirschenbaum + Daniel Scher
🌟 Folding as a Curriculum Topic in Design Education: My 40-year Teaching Experience - Paul Jackson
🌟 Research Panel - Malcolm Smith, Anjana Vaidyaraman, Miles Wu, Ojas Parekh
🌟 STEM Workshop- Tej Patel

Origami University - hosted by OrigamiUSA’s Junior Board - is a four-part online seminar series highlighting representational, geometric, and STEM applications of origami
Check out the full schedule of classes and register on our website

📍 Online classes through Zoom and Gather.town
All ages and skill levels are welcome!

❓Who is OrigamiUSA’s Junior Board? In 2025, we formed a Junior Board to engage and empower younger members of the paperfolding community by allowing them to take an active role in the organization. Junior Board members are 13-21.